Preble (DDG 46) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander Thomas E. Stone, USN Commanding Officer Commander Thomas E. Stone was born in Selfridge, Michigan on Octo- ber 21, 1939, and was raised in the Washington, D.C. area. Upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1962, he received his commission and was ordered to the USS Saufley CDDE-4655 as Commu- nications Officer. He next served as Combat information Officer and Electronics Material Officer onboard USS Cone fDD-8665. ln December 1966, he reported to the Naval Post Graduate School where, in 1968, he graduated with a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering. Following graduation from Destroyer Department Head School in May 1969, Commander Stone reported to the USS Sampson CDDG-105 as Operations Officer. ln 1971 he was assigned as the Aide and Flag Secretary to Commander Attack Carrier Striking Force!CTF 77, Seventh Fleet which was then serving in the Vietnam war zone. ln his next assignment, from 1972 to 1975, he served as the Communications- Operations Officer on the staff of Commander-in-Chief U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Commander Stone was selected to attend the Armed Forces Staff College in 1976, and, upon graduation, he was assigned as the Execu- tive Officer of the USS Mitscher QDDG-355. From September 1977 to December 1979, he served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Communi- cations on the staff of Commander Naval Surface Force Atlantic. Commander Stone assumed command of the USS Preble in June 1980 while she was homeported in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. He took her through the Panama Canal during the homeport shift to Norfolk Virginia. Commander Stone is married to the former Lucy Lee of Washington DC They have three sons Thomas Jr Christopher and Michael LCDP Richard Gano USN Executive Officer LCDFZ Gano was born in Bethesda Maryland on June 1 1947 He graduat ed from the U S Naval Academy in 1969 and upon commissioning went to the Naval Post Graduate School as a participant in the Immediate Graduate Education Program After earning his Master s Degree in Oceanography he report ed to the USS Henry B Wil son QDDG 75 where he served as Navigator and ASW Officer Following Destroyer School he served as Weapons Officer on the USS John Paul Jones CDDG 325 1972 to 1974 and 1st Lieutenant on the USS Denver QLPD 95 ln 1976 LCDB Gano assumed his first command as CO of the USS Tawakoni QATF 1145 Subsequent tours were in the Bureau of Naval Personnel and as a student at the Naval War College He became Execu tive Officer of the Preble in October 1981 LCDB Gano is mar ried to the former Lila Lee Horton of Charleston S C CDF? Thomas Smith USN Executive Officer CDB Smith was raised in western Massachusetts and graduated from Brown University 1966 He subsequently received his commission from Officer Candidate School in December 1966 His tours of duty have been as First Lieu tenant on the USS Myles C Fox QDD 8295 Flag Lieutenant to USCOMSOLANT Weapons Officer on the USS England fCG 225 Commanding Officer of the USS Mataco QATF 865 and a tour at the Armed Forces Staff College CDB Smith served as Executive Officer of the USS Preble from April 1980 until Octo ber 1981 CDP Smith is married to the former Linda Lane of Suffield Connecticut They have two children Erica and Andrew

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USS PREBLE DDQ-46 PROUD RELIABLE GPERATICDNAI.

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I-IISTCDFW OF USS PFKEESLE PREBLES OF Tl-lE PAST The USS Preble QDDG-467 is the fifth ship to be named in honor of Commodore Edward Preble. The first, a sloop of eighty tons, was purchased on Lake Champlain in 1813. The second Preble, a sloop-of-war, was built in 1839 and took part in the Mexican and Civil Wars. The third Preble, Tor- pedo Boat Destroyer 12, was launed in 1901 and the fourth, DD-345, was launced in 1920. She was subsequently recommissioned in 1937 as a min- esweeper CDM-209. THE USS PFZEBLE OF TODAY The present Preble was commissioned on May 9, 1960, and was one of the first ships, built from the keel up, designed to fire Terrier guided missiles. During the early 1960's Preble served several Far East tours with the Seventh Fleet. Off of the coast of Vietnam in 1965, she became the first ship of her class to fire any weapon at a hostile force. Preble's helo detachment had the distinction of making the first overland rescue of a downed aviator in North Vietnam. As part of the Navy's Anti-Air Warfare Modernization Program, Preble was decom- missioned in 1969 for an extensive conversion in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. She was recommissioned on May 23, 1970. ln Sep- tember 1980, Preble changed her homeport from Pearl l-larbor, l-la- waii to Norfolk, Virginia and began operating with Destroyer Squad- ron Two of the Atlantic Fleet. coiviiviooonE EDWAFlD PREBLE. . Commodore Edward Preble was born in Falmouth, Maine on August 15, 1761, where he began his career at the age of 16 when he ran away to sea on a privateer. Two years later he was appointed a Midshipman on the frigate, Protector. l-le later became First Lieutenant on the cruiser, Winthrop. While on this ship he led a boarding party which captured, and escaped with, an anchored British brig at Castile, Maine. After the Revolutionary War, Preble spent about 15 years in the merchant service, followed by command of two naval ships-the 14 gun brig, Pickering and the frigate, Essex. As Essex commanding officer, he was the first naval officer to fly the flag east of the Cape of Good Hope. ln 1803, onboard his flagship, USS Constitution, he sailed against the Barbary Pirates as commodore ofa seven ship squadron. l-le directed the successful blockade and seige of Tripoli l-larbor, ln 1804 he returned to the United States and helped supervise the construction of gunboats. l-le died a few years later, On August 25, 1807. ,